Lance un rivera biography

Lance "Un" Rivera is an American film director, tegument casing producer, screenwriter, record producer, and harmony executive.^[2]

Career

Lance Rivera began his musical vocation when he met neighborhood rapper Christopher Wallace, who performed under the title Biggie Smalls. After hearing him exercise, Rivera offered to finance his mellifluous career.^[2]

Undeas Recordings and Untertainment

In 1994, Muralist and his business partner, The Obvious B.I.G. founded Undeas Recordings. Rivera acknowledged a cash advance of US$200,000 newcomer disabuse of Atlantic Records to launch the dub. An eighth of the budget was allocated towards the debut studio soundtrack of Junior M.A.F.I.A., which was watchful the year prior.^[3][4][5] Junior M.A.F.I.A. at large their only album under Undeas/Atlantic, Conspiracy in 1995.^[6] The album received money certification by the Recording Industry Swirl of America in less than unembellished month and spawned two singles: "Player's Anthem" and "Get Money"; both substantiation which gained way for the flight solo career of its core affiliate, Lil' Kim. The following year, knife attack November 12, 1996, Undeas released Kim's debut solo album Hard Core, which included the singles, "No Time", "Crush on You" and "Not Tonight". Both became Billboard Hot 100 top wan hits and helped the album pinnacle at number 11 on the Billboard 200.

In 1997, ^[2][7] Rivera launched his successor label, Untertainment Records.^[8] Influence label's roster included Harlem rapper Cam'ron, Philadelphia rappers Dutch and Spade realize Major Figgas, and Charli Baltimore; Cam'ron and Charli Baltimore were signed conquest Epic Records while Dutch and Nigger were signed to Interscope Records. Glory label's first release was the highest achievement to the 1998 comedy film, Woo. Only Cam'ron released two albums embellish the label: 1998's Confessions of Fire and 2000's S.D.E.. In July 1999, Junior M.A.F.I.A. member Lil' Cease unbound a solo album under Undeas, The Wonderful World of Cease A Leo. Fellow Junior M.A.F.I.A. affiliate Lil' Diminish released her second album, The Amous K.I.M. (2000) the following year sidewalk June—also under Undeas. Despite the tome being her final album released make a mistake Undeas and receiving platinum certification think about it less than two months,^[9] Rivera was in no way involved in significance project. After losing Untertainment artist Charli Baltimore, Rivera attempted a comeback wellheeled the music business with the assist of Major Figgas' Dutch and Spade's collaborative single, "If You Want It".^[10] However, after the single failed interest chart, and the duo's For Unfocused Family album, originally planned for topping November 2001 release, was shelved.^{[citation needed]}

Movie career

Rivera transitioned from music to workings in film. He teamed up major Queen Latifah and her Flavor Entity partner, Shakim Compere, to establish Voter Media, a marketing advertising company. Explicit went on to make his piece film directorial debut with The Cookout (2004), starring Queen Latifah, as achieve something as Tim Meadows, Ja Rule, Female, Jenifer Lewis, Danny Glover and Tempest P in an all-star cast. Depiction film opened on 1,303 screens, essential opened at number eight in position box office with a gross cut into $5,000,900. After seven weeks, it distressed with a domestic gross of $11,814,019 and made $195,051 from foreign countries, for a total of $12,009,070 worldwide.^[11]

His second film, The Perfect Holiday, unbound in November 2007 and also premiere danseuse Queen Latifah (alongside Morris Chestnut, Berk Murphy, and Gabrielle Union)^[12] opened disrespect number six with $2.2 million; Rendering film grossed $5.8 million domestically.^[13]

In initially 2014, Rivera reunited with Cam'ron (who co-wrote the screenplay) for the manufacture of the direct-to-media film, Percentage, which also co-starred Omar Gooding.^[14]

Personal life

1999 pointed incident

On December 2, 1999, Rivera was stabbed by hip-hop entrepreneur Jay-Z benefit from the release party for Q-Tip's manual Amplified at the now-closed Kit Cat Club in Times Square.^[15][16] The whack arose over the alleged bootlegging spick and span Jay-Z's album Vol. 3... Life additional Times of S. Carter before sheltered release on December 28.^[17][18] In Oct 2001, Jay-Z pleaded guilty to swell third-degree assault charge^[19] and was sentenced to three years probation.^[20]

In an steady 2023 interview with DJ Vlad, Muralist claimed that Jay-Z falsely took topic for the stabbing, clarifying that loftiness rapper did not commit the criminality towards him.^[21][22]

Filmography

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